saque

//ˈsa.kɨ// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,144

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

saque is aPortuguesenoun. It means: ato ou efeito de sacar Pronounced /ˈsa.kɨ/. Often confused with sue and Sau.

Key facts for saque
PropertyValue
Headwordsaque
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈsa.kɨ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#12,144
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of saque in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for saque is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈsa.kɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #12,144 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for saque, with forms such as "asque", "saqeu", and "saqque". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "sue", "Sau", "save", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is saque, spelled S-A-Q-U-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de sacar
  2. 2
    expedição de título de crédito ou ordem de pagamento
  3. 3
    título de crédito ou ordem de pagamento expedido
  4. 4
    movimento inicial de alguns jogos com bola (tênis, pingue-pongue, voleibol, basquetebol, etc.); serviço
  5. 5
    lorota, mentira
  6. 6
    palpite

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: asque,saqeu,saqque,sauqe,sqaue,ssaque

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for saque

Misspelling Variants of "saque"

asque5saqeu5saqque6sauqe5sqaue5ssaque6
Misspelling Variants of "saque"

Frequency rank: #12,144 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "saque"?
"saque" is spelled S-A-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈsa.kɨ/.
What does "saque" mean?
As a noun, "saque" means: ato ou efeito de sacar
What words are commonly confused with "saque"?
"saque" is commonly confused with "sue", "Sau", "save". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "saque"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "saque" is /ˈsa.kɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "saque" come from?
"saque" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter S in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.